Cafe Club by Les Artistes near Hollywood beach does not look like much from the outside: a sidewalk scattering of small tables and rattan chairs beneath an orange-tinted window adorned with fake cherry blossoms. There’s not much inside: a tiny space with eight stools and a cramped kitchen counter...

Dean James Max made a big splash with 3030 Ocean at the Marriott Harbor Beach Resort, and the acclaimed chef will soon dive back into the Fort Lauderdale restaurant scene with Even Keel Fish & Oyster. The seafood-focused restaurant is scheduled to open on Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 4100 N. Federal Highway,...

Sports

Brian Flores may not be the Miami Dolphins head coach just yet, but that apparently is not stopping him from constructing his potential coaching staff when his hire becomes official. The Dolphins are expected to name Green Bay Packers defensive assistant Patrick Graham as Flores’ defensive coordinator,...

The adjustment to point guard in the injury absence of Miami Heat teammate Goran Dragic has been seamless for Justise Winslow. But one element of his game not up for compromise is his rebounding. Because while you can take the power forward designation out of his place in the lineup, you can't...

The football that was carried by running back Kenyan Drake for the winning score in the Miami Dolphins’ miraculous victory over the New England Patriots last month was sold in an online auction on Sunday. After 23 bids during a month-long auction, which began on Dec. 21, the football was sold for...

Jordan Holloway was sitting in Charlotte-Douglas International Airport when he pulled out his phone and texted Braxton Garrett. “Do you need a roommate?” The Miami Marlins pitching prospect just learned he would be sidelined for over a year after injuring his throwing elbow in Low-A Greensboro,...

In football, what happens during a game — the most critical three hours for any football team — often is determined by the other 165 hours of the week. Preparation is key. Bill Belichick knows it. Drew Brees knows it. So does Peter O’Reilly. O’Reilly, though, is not a coach or player. As a senior...

Business

No wonder there are “hiring” signs nearly everywhere. In South Florida, there was an increase of more than 57,000 jobs in 2018 than a year earlier. At the same time, unemployment is lower than it has been in over a decade, according to the state’s final monthly unemployment and job creation report...

The Seminole Casino Coconut Creek is trying to sweeten the pot for furloughed federal employees in South Florida. Those suffering without a paycheck during the partial government shutdown can eat lunch and dinner for free at two restaurants at the casino through Jan. 31. The offers include a...

Who woulda thunk it? Ninety percent of men say sex is the No. 1 thing they want for Valentine's Day, a new consumer survey shows. Sawbucks.com, a popular online site that rewards shoppers with gift cards and cash for everyday purchases, asked 2,000 consumers what they would like for the Feb. 14...

Netflix is raising its U.S. prices by 13 to 18 percent, its biggest increase since the company launched its video streaming service 12 years ago. Its most popular plan will see the largest hike, to $13 per month from $11. That option offers high-definition streaming on up to two different internet-connected...

Travel

Holy Land Experience, a Bible-based attraction in Orlando, will have its next free-admission day on Jan. 31. Typically, the event is handled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Previous free days at Holy Land Experience have drawn early crowds. The attraction’s capacity is about 2,000 people. Operating...

Universal Orlando is now taking reservations for Dockside Inn and Suites, the phase of its Endless Summer Resort that’s scheduled to open in May of 2020. Endless Summer — which also includes Surfside Inn and Suites set to open in the summer of 2019 — represents Universal’s first resort on the eastern...

Walt Disney World has set an opening date for its “Cars”-inspired attraction called Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy. Disney’s Hollywood Studios visitors will be part of the new experience as of March 31, the company announced Thursday. The attraction will bring folks “face to face” with Lightning,...

Royal Caribbean has banned a group of men from ever traveling with the cruise line again after one of them jumped off a ship’s deck and posted a video of the stunt on social media. Nick Naydev, of Vancouver, Washington, posted the video on Instagram Friday showing him standing on the balcony of...

Regent Seven Seas Cruises is going to have to think of some more superlatives. The cruise line announced it’s bringing a third Explorer-class ship into service. The yet-to-be-named ship will be a sister vessel to Seven Seas Explorer, dubbed “the most luxurious cruise ship ever,” that debuted in...

Lifestyle

Ariana Grande has a lot of favorite things — breakfast at Tiffany’s, bubbly and best friends. The Boca Raton pop singer celebrates them all in her new single “7 Rings” which she released with a video early Friday. The upbeat new song, which is part of her upcoming fifth album, samples “My Favorite...

Orchids can intimidate budding and experienced gardeners alike. Joan Connors, a retired greenhouse manager of the American Orchid Society, has a few tips to help keep plants healthy, happy and blooming. "I love growing orchids, because there is always a new flower to surprise me," says Connors,...

Go on an orchid odyssey and fawn over flora at the upcoming 61st annual Orchid Paradise Show and Sale in Fort Lauderdale. The juried show, sponsored by the nonprofit Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society, will be Jan. 25-27 at War Memorial Auditorium. The flower festival will feature 25 vendors filling...

“Bad Boys 3” is heading to South Florida. Production for the third installment of the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence action comedy movie titled “Bad Boys for Life” will shoot in greater Miami in early April, according to Sandy Lighterman, film and entertainment commissioner at the Miami Dade County...

The “Cash Me Outside Girl” Danielle Bregoli is cashing in. The Boynton Beach teenager who is known as rapper Bhad Bhabie reportedly signed a $900,000 endorsement deal with CopyCat Beauty to promote their products on social media, according to TMZ.com, the entertainment and celebrity news website....

Nation & World

President Donald Trump paid a brief visit to the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington on the holiday honoring the civil rights leader. Trump was joined by Vice President Mike Pence on a frigid and windy day. The two laid a wreath at the foot of the memorial, then held a brief moment of...

Venezuela's government said Monday it put down a mutiny by a National Guard unit in a poor neighborhood a few miles from Venezuela's presidential palace. The uprising triggered protests in the same neighborhood, which were dispersed with tear gas as residents set fire to a street barricade of trash...

Prime Minister Theresa May was set to unveil her new plan to break Britain's Brexit deadlock on Monday — one expected to look a lot like the old plan that was decisively rejected by Parliament last week. May was scheduled to brief the House of Commons on how she intends to proceed. There were few...

Thirty days into the partial government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans appeared no closer to ending the impasse Sunday than when it began, with President Donald Trump lashing out at his opponents after they dismissed a plan he'd billed as a compromise. Trump had offered the previous day to...

Bitter cold is setting in after a major winter storm blanketed a wide swath of the country in snow, sleet and rain this weekend, creating dangerously icy conditions that promise to complicate cleanup efforts and make travel challenging on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Some of the coldest temperatures...

Opinion

William Barr, President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, said nothing disqualifying in his Senate confirmation hearings this week. But senior Senate Democrats are behaving as though he transgressed by omission — by not committing clearly enough to release whatever report special counsel...

Even as the federal shutdown continues to exact an uneven toll on 800,000 federal employees and the U.S. economy, it may yet produce an even greater toll through a government breakdown that could affect large numbers of Americans. The White House and Congress are paying too much attention to the...

Carrying out MLK’s legacy Floridians today will once again observe Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, honoring the man who advanced and steered a civil rights movement that pushed America toward equality and justice for all persons. Dr. King and his followers stood in strong opposition to racial...

It’s the federal government’s longstanding policy to pay no ransom for hostages and to discourage others from doing so. The reason: one successful shakedown inevitably would invite another. What’s there to do, though, when the entire nation is being held hostage by its own government, paralyzed...

Andrew Pollack: Broward school board must push Runcie to resign as superintendent The anniversary of the MSD Attack approaches. We are without closure. Parents of the 17 mourn the loss of children. Parents of the wounded struggle endlessly. We will never be whole. We put our trust in Broward County...

Health

Downtown Miami will once again be invaded by bodybuilders and other really fit people this weekend. They’re in town for the return of the Wodapalooza fitness festival (Wod stands for “Workout of the day”), which runs Friday through Sunday at Bayfront Park, 301 Biscayne Blvd. Launched in 2012, the...

TALLAHASSEE — Before being licensed in Florida, doctors have to divulge their own medical histories to the state, including whether they have been treated for mental or substance-abuse disorders in the past five years. But that could change soon. A committee of the Florida Board of Medicine gave...

Anyone who has lived or visited South Florida knows we’re pretty fit and healthy. Folks run along the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk or Miami Beach’s boardwalk or they’re cycling along the beaches of AIA (and sometimes on Interstate 95.) We’re the land of the tanned, toned and trimmed and you might...

TALLAHASSEE — With one of his chief advisers tweeting the hashtag “NoSmokeIsAJoke,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday he will “very soon” announce changes in how the state is carrying out a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana. DeSantis, a Republican, said many voters believe...

It’s now the middle of January, and those of us committed to shedding the pounds we put on over the holidays are officially out of excuses. The first week or so of the new year is a transitionary period. There’s leftover candy to be eaten and on-sale holiday candy to be purchased and eaten and...